The more Liu Yu listened, the more difficult it was to describe what kind of mood he was, he only felt that the gap between himself and Wei Feng had become wider and wider, and even Jiaoguang and Erzhou were run vividly, so what would Jingzhou and Yizhou, which were already rich, look like? He didn't dare to think about it!

Finally, when the Panyu people closed their mouths, Liu Yuqiang kept his face unchanged and said: "Thank you two for solving your doubts this time, let's buy all these bananas as compensation." As he spoke, he gave his relatives a look.

A basket of bananas costs five gold coins, and four baskets are twenty gold coins, although Liu Yu and others could not carry gold coins, they could substitute gold, personally took out a piece of gold, cut off a piece of gold equal to twenty gold coins, and handed it over.

After thanking them for their kindness, these two Panyu banana sellers didn't even want their flat burdens, and they disappeared as soon as they smoked!

Liu Yu took out some bananas and distributed them to the onlookers, and when the people thanked them and left, they greeted: "Come, bananas are more expensive than gold, let's all taste them!" ”

At the same time as saying this, the corners of Liu Yu's mouth twitched, a pound of gold minted a hundred gold coins, twenty gold coins is one-fifth of a pound of gold, this price, it is unimaginable in modern society, at that time a catty is equal to 222.73 grams, twenty gold coins is forty-five grams, with the average spot price of gold at the time of Weifeng crossing 255 yuan per gram, these four baskets of bananas are worth 11,475 yuan!

According to the modern unit of measurement, the total weight of bananas is about 178 catties, which is equivalent to 65 yuan per catty!

It's true that this is not something that ordinary people can afford. It is no wonder that selling bananas can enter the ranks of the well-off, but then again, bananas were a rare commodity in the north of Lingnan at that time, plus the cost of long-distance traffic and the huge risks that must be taken, for example, in the event of a typhoon, it is the result of the shipwreck, and for example, although the traders are generally arranged to go to sea in the autumn and winter, but although there is no typhoon in the autumn and winter, there are often seven to eight northerly winds on the sea. Therefore, the sky-high price of bananas in Jiankang still has its rationality.

This is the money that the people of Panyu exchanged for their lives!

Liu Yu and others peeled the banana and ate it on the spot. "Plop pounce~~" After bursts of banana seeds were spit out like machine gun bullets, Xie Hui couldn't help but praise: "The taste of bananas is indeed good, but it's a pity that it's too expensive, with my Xie family's net worth." It's impossible to eat every day! ”

Liu Muzhi seemed to have thought of something. He said with a smile: "Your Xie clan has traded tea and porcelain with Roman merchants in recent years. The price is simply sensational, and it should have made a lot of money, although the price of this banana is not good. It's not as exaggerated as you say, is it? ”

Xie Hui smiled bitterly: "Daohe (Liu Muzhi's cousin) doesn't know anything, the real money is the clan uncle (Xie Ming) lineage, although we are both Xie clan, we can also share some dividends every year, but the big head still falls into the hands of the clan uncle's department, no wonder, the clan uncle and General Wei are friendly, and he also promised Wen Chan and Wen Li to him, his own family, of course, he has to take care of his own family!" ”

Xie Hui sighed again, although he didn't speak again, but anyone can understand the meaning of this tone, that is, Xie Ming's benefit, money naturally doesn't need to be said, and Xie Gongyi has also been reused by Wei Feng, I heard that Wei Feng's political affairs are basically entrusted to Xie Gongyi, and if Wei Feng wins the world in the future, Xie Wencian and Xie Wenli will immediately double their worth, although Wang Man is currently the queen's best choice, but who can say for sure what will happen in the future?

Although it is taboo to abolish the queen, Wang Man has no family support behind him, and if he unfortunately gets seriously ill, he will go!

Even if Wei Feng can't win the world, just according to this momentum, it is impossible to destroy him, at least he can divide and conquer the upper and lower reaches of the river, Xie Chao has played a good chess move!

Liu Yu was even more emotional, a small homeless person he met by chance back then jumped into a behemoth that he had to be afraid of!

Liu Muzhi glanced at Liu Yu, and sighed: "General Wei is not only outstanding in the art of war, but also jaw-dropping in governing the place, in just a few years, there is no shortage of grain and rice, and he is lightly taxed, and the people live in peace, just the tax of fifteen taxes and one tax and the annual servitude of only ten days, the court is not as good as him!" ”

After shaking his head, Liu Muzhi said again: "By the way, General, you may not have noticed that the salt eaten by Jiankang now is basically from Zhejiang." ”

"Oh?" Liu Yu's face tightened, and he hurriedly said, "Could it be that we don't produce salt locally?" Do you have to ship it from Zhejiang? ”

It's no wonder that Liu Yu is nervous, salt and iron have always been important strategic materials related to the national economy and people's livelihood, and the salt and iron tax is also an important income of the court.

Liu Muzhi said bitterly: "General, the salt production area in your hand is only along the coast of Wu County, and it is transported to Jiankang at a price of five baht per stone, and the salt from Zhejiang is transported to Jiankang, and it is secretly sold in private without official channels, and it is only five hundred and five baht per stone, and his salt is white and fine, and the quality is several times better than that of Wujun salt, and the people are naturally willing to buy cheaper and better Zhezhou salt!"

Although the relevant tooth mouth has concentrated on rectifying the problem of the flood of private salt in Zhejiang, but the ban is endless, when the wind is tight, Jiankang may not have Zhejiangzhou salt, but the surrounding Guxiao, Liyang, Jiangcheng, and even Guangling and Jingkou will appear in large numbers, and the people of Jiankang will also concentrate on buying, and even those who have a way will specialize in selling salt to Jiankang at a higher price.

It's just that the investigation is too tight, and the people will be resentful, and the general you are benevolent, and you don't want to be too harsh on the people, so for Zhejiang salt, it is generally tight for a while, whenever it is too arrogant to swagger and sell in Jiankang, it will focus on rectification, but no matter how to rectify, it is also a symptom rather than a cure, and it will give birth to a group of local smuggler salt dealers in Jiankang, once these people collude closely with the salt merchants in Zhejiang, I am afraid that in an emergency, it will have an adverse impact on the situation in Jiankang.

The news came a while ago, the government-run salt farms in Wu County have long been unable to make ends meet, not only do they not make money, but they also have to be upside down in the court, which is extremely difficult to maintain, and the relevant teeth have also proposed to Mu Zhi many times, either to completely ban Zhezhou salt with severe punishment and heavy law, and anyone who dares to sell Zhezhou salt will be punished! Either it is allowed to be legally sold in Jiankang, but it must be heavily taxed, at least to reach the level of not less than two thousand and a half baht per stone, so as not to be crushed by the court salt industry, but salt is related to the people's livelihood, but also about the reputation of the general, whether it is banned or heavily taxed, it will inevitably lead to the soaring price of Jiankang salt, Mu Zhi dare not take the idea! ”

It was the first time that everyone present heard the news that the salt industry in the court was about to come to an end, and it was no wonder that the rise and fall of salt prices had no impact on their lives, but the common people were different, and raised the salt from 500 yuan per stone to 2,000 yuan per stone.

All of a sudden, everyone has a feeling of helplessness, banning or taxing, will cause the dissatisfaction of the poor people, and give Wei Feng an opportunity, but can't help it, there is a lack of financial resources, you must know that although the land under Liu Yu's rule is not less rich than Huiji, but Wu County is full of Wu surnamed scholars, these people are in a group, the court does not have much way to take them, correspondingly, the taxes drawn from Wu County are also extremely limited, and most of Liu Yu's supplies are still maintained by the old territory of the Beifu Army.

In fact, Liu Yu is quite envious of Wei Feng, Wei Feng has no mercy in raiding his family, in Guangzhou, he has copied countless homes in Shu places, and in Jingzhou, he has wiped out all the big and small Shi clans, and Liu Yu dare not imagine the money and food that fell into his hands, but Wei Feng has a reason to raid his family, and he doesn't have to worry about causing public anger.

On the other hand, Liu Yu himself, it is obviously impossible to copy the family of the scholar family surnamed Wu, as for Guangling, Jingkou and Jinling and other places, it is Liu Yu's foundation, which of the generals in Beifu is not a local hero? Raiding the family and exterminating the clan will end up worse than Liu Gaozhi!

Liu Yu suddenly realized that Wei Feng also had the advantage of being self-made, at least he had no scruples about stealing his family and exterminating the clan, and the Beifu Army he inherited was not only a huge asset, but also a burden that was difficult to unload!

In fact, strictly calculated, Wei Feng's birthplace is in Huiji, but can the palm-sized place of Huiji be compared with the thousands of miles of territory of the Beifu Army? Wei Feng did not move the Hui Ji Shishu to a penny, but gave a lot of favors, but although Hui Ji is the land of fish and rice, but because of the small territory, the source of Wei Feng's money and grain no longer has a pivotal position, only to supply Tianjin, and now Wei Feng carries the grain and grass with the army mainly from Jingyi Erzhou.

Liu Yu sighed secretly, but Liu Jingxuan couldn't help but say: "The salt that surnamed Wei made is nothing more than boiling the sea for salt on the convenience of the coast, but why is he so cheap?" Didn't you send someone to investigate? ”

Liu Muzhi shook his head and said: "The salt field in Zhejiang is tightly guarded, guarded by a garrison, it is said that salt households must also be strictly screened, must be locals, and those who have no relatives from other places can treat salt, and exercise careful control, of course, the remuneration is also extremely rich, so that the people of the court can't get in at all, since it is mentioned, may I ask the general, how to deal with this Zhejiang salt?" ”

"This" Liu Yu is simply as big as a fight!

At this time, Wang Mi, the secretary of the book, arched his hand again: "General, since this spring, there has been little rain and drought between the Jianghuai River, and there are many people who have reduced grain and rice production, and even there are not a few who have lost the harvest.

Originally, according to the grain accumulated for many years, he could survive by gritting his teeth, but since the general had plans to crusade against Nanyan, he was afraid that Jiankang's grain reserves might not be able to survive next year's wheat harvest, and it was better to send someone to buy some rice from Panyu or Shanyin, what do you think? ”

Liu Yu suddenly felt more and more irritable in his heart, Jiankang's salt was controlled by Wei Feng, did the rice still rely on him?

"Huh~~" After taking a breath, Liu Yu said helplessly: "Let's go, go back first, let's discuss this matter again!" (To be continued......)